Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Plant
Design, Supply and Installation

(Two-envelope Bidding Process, Without Prequalification)

Employer: Moldova Energy Projects Implementation Unit

Project: Moldova Second District Heating Efficiency Improvement Project (DHEIP2)

Contract title: Installation of efficient cogeneration plants based on Gas Engines at HOB West and CHP Source-3, and Installation of power transformers and switchgear facilities (Plant - Design, Supply & Installation)

Country: Republic of Moldova

Loan No.: 9134-MD

RFB No: 9134-B1.2/R

Issued on: October 1, 2024

1.        The Republic of Moldova has received financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development toward the cost of the Moldova Second District Heating Efficiency Improvement Project (DHEIP2), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Contract for Installation of efficient cogeneration plants based on Gas Engines at HOB West and CHP Source-3 and Installation of power transformers and switchgear facilities (Plant - Design, Supply & Installation).

2.        The Moldova Energy Projects Implementation Unit (MEPIU) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of two new cogeneration plants based on Gas Internal Combustion Engines (GICEs) in Chisinau, with a total net thermal energy production capacity of at least 43 Gcal/h, and corresponding electrical energy production capacity at the required efficiency, including:

• Design, supply, installation and commissioning of a new GICE-based cogeneration plant CHP Source-3 – on the territory of the existing CHP Source-2 of “Termoelectrica” S.A. in Chisinau;
• Design, supply, installation and commissioning of a new GICE-based cogeneration plant CHP West – on the territory of the existing HOB West of “Termoelectrica” S.A. in Chisinau.

This Contract also shall include the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the facilities necessary for the supply to the national power grid of the electricity produced by the new cogeneration plants, including:

• Design, supply, installation and commissioning of 6 kV and 110 kV switchgear, and 6/110 kV power transformers at HOB West;
• Design, supply, installation and commissioning of 6 kV and 110 kV switchgear at CHP Source-3.

Besides, the Contract will also include the design, supply, installation and commissioning of all the necessary systems for connection of the new cogeneration plants to the natural gas supply, district heating system, water supply, sewerage systems; all the necessary electrical (high, medium and low voltage) systems, control systems, safety systems; other systems, equipment and facilities, as provided in the Bidding Document.

The Time for Completion is estimated to 26 months from the contract Effective Date, that is the Contractor shall attain the Completion of the Facilities within 24 months from the Effective Date and the Guarantee Test of the Facilities shall be successfully completed within 60 (sixty) days from the date of Completion, including the issuance of the Operational Acceptance Certificate.

3.        Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB), two-envelope approach, as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.        Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Moldova Energy Projects Implementation Unit (MEPIU) and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 09:00 to 17:00 local time at the address given below.

5.        The bidding document in English language may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of:

• MDL 2,500.00 (two thousand five hundred Moldovan Lei, 00 bani) net of bank charges, in the case of collection from the MEPIU office of printed bidding document at the address stated below, or
• EUR 250.00 (two hundred fifty Euro, 00 eurocents) net of bank charges, in the case of courier delivery of the printed bidding document, or
• EUR 50.00 (fifty Euro, 00 eurocents) net of bank charges, in the case of electronical distribution (via e-mail) of the bidding document.

Prior to the submission of the bidding document by MEPIU, the nonrefundable fee must be proven to be paid, by means of a SWIFT payment confirmation, which may be presented via e-mail. The method of payment in all cases, shall be the bank transfer to one of the accounts listed below:

           * The Bank details are valid for the year 2024 (ended December 31, 2024). The payment details after January 01, 2025 will be provided upon written request sent to: mepiu@mepiu.md.

6.        Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before January 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM (local time). Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on January 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM (local time). All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.

7.        All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of EUR 400,000.00 (four hundred thousand Euro, 00 eurocents).

8.        Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

9.        The address referred to above is:

To: Moldova Energy Projects Implementation Unit (MEPIU)

Attn: Mr. Ruslan Surugiu, Interim Director

Address: 1, Alecu Russo Street, Block A1

Floor/ Office number: Sixteenth (16th) floor, office 163

City: Chisinau

ZIP/Postal Code: MD-2068

Country: Republic of Moldova

Tel. /Fax: (+373 22) 49 67 90

E-mail: mepiu@mepiu.md

Website: www.mepiu.md